By Jessica Herring, Contributing Writer09.17.19
Marisa Teiner, CEO and founder of Feel Better Pops, started her ice pop company in 2011 when her son Chace had a stomach virus and struggled to keep food down. With a background in nutrition and experience as Certified Holistic Chef, Teiner decided to make her son an ice pop with some healing ingredients to help soothe his stomach—and it worked. Following some market research, Teiner felt there was a market need for an ice pop that was flavorful and could help people when they’re not feeling well.
A week after her son was ill, Teiner read a story in Dirt Magazine focused on the Rutgers Food Innovation Center in Bridgetown, NJ, and how to bring food ideas to concept. Teiner reached out to the center and met lead scientist Julie Elmer, who told her to contact a food scientist graduate from Pennsylvania State University since the college has a creamery. Through a Google search, Teiner ended up meeting Joe Flock, a food scientist and graduate from Pennsylvania State
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